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LSU picked fourth in preseason poll

BATON ROUGE - The LSU men's basketball team was picked to finish fourth in the Southeastern Conference in the annual poll of media members through the league that was announced on Wednesday morning.

The announcement came on the first day of SEC Media Days which LSU will participate in later in the day.

Junior forward Johnny O'Bryant III of LSU was named to the five-member pre-season SEC first team.

Each school selected media members that cover their team and additional media from across the nation were selected by the conference office to form the voting panel.

The Kentucky Wildcats, who are the overall preseason favorite for the ninth time since the 1998-99 season, tallied 21 first-place votes while Florida earned five first-place votes and Tennessee received one vote.

Kentucky freshman Julius Randle was the choice of the media for SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year with 11 votes. Tennessee's Jordan McRae (5 votes), LSU's Johnny O'Bryant III (3 votes), Tennessee's Jarnell Stokes (3 votes), Florida's Patric Young (2 votes), Ole Miss' Marshall Henderson (2 votes) and Alabama's Trevor Releford (1 vote) also received votes in the Player of the Year voting.

Releford, Randle, O'Bryant, Henderson and McRae were each All-SEC First Team selections.

Points were compiled on a 14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Each media member also voted for a five-player All-SEC Team.

The 2013-14 SEC Media Preseason Poll tips off SEC Basketball Media Day, October 16-17 at The Westin Birmingham. The 2013-14 campaign begins November 8, with conference play set to begin January 7. The 2014 SEC Tournament will be March 12-16 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga.

All-SEC First Team

Trevor Releford - Alabama, G, 6-0, 190, Sr., Kansas City, Mo.

Julius Randle - Kentucky, F, 6-9, 250, Fr., Dallas, Texas

Johnny O'Bryant III - LSU, F , 6-9 , 256 , Jr. , Cleveland, Miss.

Marshall Henderson - Ole Miss, G, 6-2, 177, Sr., Hurst, Texas

Jordan McRae - Tennessee, G, 6-6, 185, Sr., Midway, Ga.

Second Team

Scottie Wilbekin - Florida, G, 6-2, 176, Sr., Gainesville, Fla.

Patric Young - Florida, C, 6-9, 240, Sr., Jacksonville, Fla.

Willie Cauley-Stein - Kentucky, F, 7-0, 244, So., Olathe, Kan.

Andrew Harrison - Kentucky, G, 6-6, 215, Fr., Richmond, Texas

Dakari Johnson - Kentucky, C, 7-0, 265, Fr., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Jabari Brown - Missouri, G, 6-5, 214, Jr., Oakland, Calif.

Jeronne Maymon - Tennessee, F, 6-8, 260, Sr., Madison, Wis.

Jarnell Stokes - Tennessee, F, 6-8, 260, Jr., Memphis, Tenn.

SEC Player of the Year: Julius Randle, Kentucky

SEC Preseason Media Poll

Kentucky (21)................................... 371

Florida (5)........................................ 353

Tennessee (1).................................. 320

LSU................................................... 270

Missouri........................................... 262

Alabama.......................................... 257

Ole Miss........................................... 216

Arkansas.......................................... 197

Texas A&M...................................... 139

Vanderbilt........................................ 125

Georgia............................................ 119

South Carolina................................. 108

Mississippi State............................... 59

Auburn............................................... 39

LSU bat girl applications open

BATON ROUGE - Applications for the 2014 LSU Bat Girls squad are being accepted now through 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5 when they must be submitted to the LSU Athletics via the online application process.

Applications can be completed online at http://www.lsusports.net/batgirls.

Following a screening of applications, candidates will be asked to participate in an interview on Tuesday, Nov. 12. Final selections will be posted online at www.LSUsports.net on Friday, Nov. 15.

The organization is composed of as many as 30 members, all of whom must be full-time LSU students in good academic standing. More information may be obtained by contacting the LSU Athletics Marketing office at (225) 578-6884 or promotions@lsu.edu.

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The LSU men's basketball team was picked to finish fourth in the Southeastern Conference in the annual poll of media members through the league that was announced on Wednesday morning.